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The Trainenergy project ran from September 2009 to September 2011, the project’s objective was to produce a training programme about the EU Energy Performance of Building Directives 2002 and Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services 2006 for tradesmen in the construction industry.

The project involved a consortium of partners from the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Denmark: 

  • AIDICO, Technological Institute of Construction, Spain 
  • Cenergia, Denmark
  • The Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland 
  • The Gem. Berufsförderungswerk GmbH, Germany 
  • IT Power, UK
  • Tipperary Energy Agency , Ireland
  • SDE College, Denmark
  • Stephenson College, UK 
  • GIP, France

The project achieved the following goals:

  • Produced training materials for tradesmen consisting of common European core modules with country specific modules for each of the countries involved. 
  • Produced training resources in the languages of the project: English, German, Danish, French and Spanish.
  • Trained 30 teachers from the participant countries to teach these modules.
  • Promoted the issues of energy efficiency and sustainable energy amongst craftspeople in the construction sector.
  • Provided training for 500 tradesmen from the participant countries.

Press releases and promotional material about the project are provided here.

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